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Men's Tennis Defeats Air Force Saturday, 5-2
March 10, 2013 | Men's Tennis
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The Ball State men's tennis team captured a 5-2 win over Air Force Saturday in Las Vegas. With the win the Cardinals improved to 8-6 on the season.
The Cardinals took the early 1-0 edge over Air Force after sweeping doubles. At No. 1 doubles Ray Leonard and Patrick Elliott took down Lance Wilhelm and Grant Taylor, 8-4. Cliff Morrison teammed up with Imanol Arconada for the 8-3 defeat at the No. 2 spot then Dalton Albertin and Alexandre Brym rounded out the doubles win in a 8-7 (9-7) tie breaker.
In singles action Arconada, Albertin, Austin Smith and Austin Sansone all won in straight sets in their respective positions.
The Ball State men's tennis team continues non-conference action Sunday, March 17 against Xavier at the Muncie YMCA Tennis Center. First serve is at 1 p.m.
Doubles
No. 1 Doubles
Ray Leonard/Patrick Elliott (BSU) def. Lance Wilhelm/ Grant Taylor 8-4
No. 2 Doubles
Cliff Morrison/Imanol Arconada (BSU) def. Alex Grubbs/Jack McCullers 8-3
No. 3 Doubles
Dalton Albertin/Alexandre Brym (BSU) def. Andrew Parks/Steven Young 8-7 (9-7)
Singles
No. 1 Ray Leonard (BSU) loses to Lance Wilhelm, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 10-3
No. 2 Imanol Arconada (BSU) def. Steven Young 6-4, 6-1
No. 3 Dalton Albertin (BSU) def. Grant Taylor 7-5, 6-3
No. 4 Patrick Elliott (BSU) loses to Alex Grubbs, 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
No. 5 Austin Smith (BSU) def. Andrew Parks, 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 Austin Sansone (BSU) def. Jack McCullers 6-1, 6-3
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
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